Themis Klarides is the GOP-endorsed candidate to represent Connecticut in the U.S. Senate. She is a social moderate and is the only 2022 Republican senate candidate who has won elections and held p… ...

Themis Klarides is the GOP-endorsed candidate to represent Connecticut in the U.S. Senate. She is a social moderate and is the only 2022 Republican senate candidate who has won elections and held ...

Themis Klarides, now a 57-year-old attorney, has served as a representative in the Connecticut legislature for 20 years and was the first woman leader of the state’s Republican lawmakers.

Themis Klarides, the former state House Republican leader, is shown here with Gov. Ned Lamont. She served 22 years in the legislature and ran for both governor and the U.S. Senate.

Klarides has campaigned with caution, aware that being too aggressive in a primary could turn off elements of a GOP base. “Listen, that Themis is this Themis,” she said.

Themis Klarides is competing in a three-way Republican Senate primary in a few weeks, but the convention-endorsed candidate is already starting to pivot to the general election fight against ...

The debate pitted former state House Minority Leader Themis Klarides, who has a moderate-to-conservative history of bipartisan lawmaking, against Leora Levy, a Republican National Committee member ...

Themis Klarides raised the most of any Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in the second fundraising quarter of 2022, once again maintaining her edge in campaign contributions while her two ...

Themis Klarides raised the most of any Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in the second fundraising quarter of 2022, once again maintaining her edge in campaign contributions while her two ...

Themis Klarides told the Montville RTC, which has endorsed her, she would be “Dick Blumenthal’s worst nightmare.” At the nearest picnic table is Leora Levy. Credit: MARK PAZNIOKAS / CTMIRROR.ORG ...

Themis Klarides spent more than 20 years as a state representative and the house minority leader, but she’s ready for a new challenge and a different political spotlight.

Republish This Story Republican candidates for the nomination for U.S. Senate, Peter Lumaj, Themis Klarides and Leora Levy, at a WTNH debate on July 26, 2022. Credit: Anthony Quinn/WTNH ...